Do you believe that human hair can be turned into business??? If not, then change your perception and know that Human hair can be used to setup business of it and it can be exported to international market also.
In Today’s business world everybody wants to do profitable business. In manufacturing of each and every product there is byproduct along with main product. This scrap has processed and further the same can be converted in to utilizable product.
Types of Hair Harvested In India
Temple Hair
Temple hair is the most abundant source available. Each year, thousands of worshipers make pilgrimages to temples where their hair is cut off as an act of religious sacrifice, devotion and thanksgiving. The Balaji Temple in Tirumala, the second busiest in the world, collects tons of hair each week, thereby generating an estimated annual income of ten thousand dollars for the temples.
Village Hair
Village hair is regarded as lower quality than Temple hair because it’s derived from women’s hair combs and brushes. The hair is collected monthly by what is known as a hacker. The hair is exchanged for sweets, plastic, toys, etc.
Barber Hair
Finally Barber hair comes from the sweepings off the floor from barbershops.
The temple hair is very much demanded all over the world, because of its length and quality. The HS Code for the Human Hair is 0501 00. The detailed HS Code is 0501 00 10 for Human hair, unworked, whether or not washed or scoured and 0501 00 20 is for Waste of human hair.
Uses of Human Hair –
The human hair can be used in Hair Extension , Wig Making, Amino Acid, Fertilizer, Crafting a rope (to twist hair fibers together to make strong ropes), Suturing Material, Calligraphy brushes, Suit linings etc. In recent years, celebrities and social media influencers have attracted a new subset of human hair consumers. So there is always demand for human hair in the international market.
India is the second larger unprocessed human hair exporter to the world. So there is huge scope to process same hairs for value addition and earn more foreign currency to India.
The price of unprocessed hair is largely variable and depends on its length, texture, and condition.
The Indian human hair is always in great demand not only in India but also throughout the world. The demand of human hair is still increasing day by day.
India’s export of human hair valued at 19 million U.S. dollars in 2020. In India, Chennai has become one of the largest processing and manufacturing hub for human hair and hair products.
Further these hairs are processed and exported throughout the world. It increases our economic value in the export market and also creates lot of employment opportunities both directly and indirectly. So start your international business in unique product.
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